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The Road To New Damage

June 19th, 2018 by
Richard Jobling

Starting Out

My name is Richard Jobling and I am a Senior Software Engineer here at iRacing. For a long time now my primary focus at iRacing has been to develop our new damage model. It’s been a long journey, and I’d like to share some details from along the way.

When we first discussed improving damage in iRacing, we focused on the goal of adding parts to the cars that would break off during impact. Immediately I started adding more to our to-do list such as improving the particles and sounds to complement breakable parts.

Physics Modeling: NTM V7 Info (plus more)

March 2nd, 2018 by
Dave Kaemmer

It’s been quite a while since I’ve written about the tire model, and I know some of you are eager to hear more about it. It has gone through several iterations since the new tire model (NTM) was first unveiled and I wrote the first incomprehensible blog about it. I am wrapping up the work on the seventh update to the model (V7). Because I haven’t written about it since about the first or second iteration, I’ll include info about version 6 as well. All the cars in the service are currently running on the V6 tire model. All versions prior to that are not worth remembering (except a modified V5 tread rubber model which is used in the V6 tires), so there will be very little here about those.

December Build & Other iRacing Updates

November 18th, 2015 by
SteveM

This is always kind of a depressing time of the year for me, because winter is literally only weeks away and all the real world racing series are finishing up their seasons. I am excited, though, to be heading to Homestead on Friday to celebrate our NASCAR Peak Antifreeze Series champion Kenny Humpe and get to watch what is really the only race left in the season. Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that this new Chase format does provide a “Super Bowl” event with the final race at Homestead.

CoRe’s Setsaas & Ramsteijn In For Porsche Esports Super Cup 2021!

In what seems like no time at all, we once again are revving up for the 2021 season and focus on the most prestigious simracing series in the world – all eyes look towards the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Super Cup. Starting on January 9th, right through until the end of April, 2021 will go off with a bang, treating us with even more thrilling racing and excitement. A look at the previous season underlines just how fierce and close the competition was in the Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup was. Just as last year, CoRe SimRacing will field an extremely strong pairing. Firstly, real-life racer and CoRe SimRacing veteran Sindre Setsaas will return for his second season after an impressive 13th place in the world championships in 2020. Partnering the Norwegian is the teams fresh and promising newcomer, Maxim Ramsteijn, from the Netherlands.

Final thoughts on the ASR 6 Aluminum profile cockpit from the guys at Advanced Sim Racing. This is part 1 called “The Build” of a 2 part  review series. In part 2 I will be adding Sim Racing gear to the ASR 6 and then testing it in real world conditions. The first thing you notice when you start taking the parts out of the shipping boxes is the very nicely done white powder coating on the profiles. They have a nice gloss finish and I couldn’t find any defects in that finish. Add the black brackets and support pieces and you have the ultimate in color contrast. Which I think makes the lines of this cockpit stand out more than others. ASR decided to go with a heavy version of aluminum profile here. With no holes in the profiles channel walls like in the light and ultra light types of profiles. Which gives the ASR 6 more mass. Which for me is a good thing. Once  constructed this is
as heavy and solid a cockpit that anyone would every want I think. This kit was complete, with all parts and fasteners present. Building the ASR 6 is a pretty straight forward process. If you are handy with a screwdriver you should be able to build this. All the mounting brackets are made from steel plate that has nice black pebble grain finish to it. Brackets made from steel will have a very noticeable increase in mass when compared to the same brackets made from aluminum plate. So, there will be some areas of the build process that would be easier if you have a second set of hands to help you out. Really not much to complain about with this ASR 6 kit. I did have to use a clamp to get the front end of the 50″ side profiles lined up properly to fit the front connecting plate. But that wasn’t the first time I have had to do this when building with longer aluminum profiles. All these parts come together to give a very solid cockpit result. That should be a great base to Sim Race from. But I won’t be able to comment on that until after I have put some miles on it in testing. Which I will to in part 2 of this 2 part video series called “The Setup”

CoRe Welcomes Maxim Ramsteijn To The Team!

CoRe is happy to announce their latest addition to the team : 24 years old Maxim Ramsteijn, living in Nootdorp in the Netherlands, who is working in an aircraft part-out company after finishing his Aviation Engineering studies, will join CoRe SimRacing full-time and prepare for the upcoming Porsche Esports Super Cup in 2021 alongside Sindre Setsaas.

Maxim, who is interested in real-life motorsports and simracing obviously, is also a big fan of wintersports and hitting the gym. Being a competitive guy, Maxim found the entrance to simracing pretty quick after starting out with Porsche 2000 as a young kid. After going through racing games such as DTM Race Driver, GRID and rFactor 1, he finally started out with iRacing in 2012. Getting better and better within the last years, Maxim is finally ready to tackle his journey with CoRe SimRacing : “I expect to become part of a team where people help each other improve their game and work to (continue to) race amongst the best in the world, all whilst not forgetting to enjoy the process. Going into my first pro-season on the service I will be on a team with people who are more experienced than me, so I’m expecting to learn a lot and I’m very much looking forward to doing so!” – said Maxim.

Mangan Secures 2nd – Balfour Missing Out Championship Chances

The second season of the Apex Racing League TCR Series was held on various competitive racing circuits around the world once again – fighting for the championship on 13 venues across several months in fall and winter of 2020, CoRe SimRacing decided to join this season with Oscar Mangan and Ross Balfour. Carl Jansson, who decided to enter the series a bit later, was able to contribute valuable points to the team championship by gaining great points and showing solid performance, too.